Definition of Submit

Verb: submit (submitted,submitting) sub'mit

Refer for judgment or consideration
"The lawyers submitted the material to the court";
- subject
Put before
"I submit to you that the accused is guilty";
- state, put forward, posit
Yield to the control of another
Hand over formally
- present
Refer to another person for decision or judgment
"She likes to submit difficult questions to her colleagues";
- relegate, pass on
Yield to another's wish or opinion
"The government submitted to the military pressure";
- bow[2], defer, accede, give in
Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
"We submitted a pay cut";
- take
Make an application as for a job or funding
"We submit a grant to the NSF";
- put in
(law) make over as a return
"They had to submit the estate";
- render
Accept as inevitable
"He submitted himself to his fate";
- resign, reconcile